Tropical cyclone AVA made landfall in Madagascar on Friday, 5 January. It moved through the island damaging the infrastructure, causing flash floods and landslides. The cyclone left the island on 6 January heading southward away from the island and weakening.

According to the island’s National Office for Risk and Emergency Management (BNGRC) AVA has caused 29 fatalities, while 22 people are reported missing. The same source indicates that 17,170 people have been displaced and 83,023 affected. Many bridges and roads were damaged, while up to 16,000 homes were left without power.

The EMS Rapid Mapping was activated on 6 January to produce 30 maps (15 reference maps and 15 delineation maps showing the extent of flooding on the basis of radar satellite imagery) over 15 AoIs . This is one of many activations of the Copernicus EMS Mapping service outside Europe, as the Service is available free of charge to emergency responders and humanitarian actors globally. The maps and vector data are available on the EMS website: Activation EMSR264.